It's a Small World After All

I have been assigned a mega project at work. It has been just insane. From the time I get in the office until the time I leave it is go, go, go... It won't let up until mid April either. Oh well, you cannot make an omelet without cracking a few eggs right? With this project, I have to make phone calls to 30 different 3rd party companies on behalf of the mega-company to establish a partnership between my company and the 3rd party company. It is necessary for me to finalize the partnerships to fulfill the project requirements, and I have to get total buy in and cooperation from the 3rd party companies or the project will essentially fail, well, um, no pressure there... To make a long story short, one of the 3rd party companies is the company I resigned from back in June 2007.

So I was on a call with the client and a representative from my old company. We go through what the requirements are, and I do all the typical points of "We need this, this is why it benefits you, and here's how it affects the mega-company" The rep from the old company agrees they can accomplish what I describe and agrees to partner with us to get the job done for the mega-company, then she asks if she can have my contact information. I said sure, my number is XXX-XXX-XXXX and my name is "JP." At that point, the rep goes, "We have a JP at our company." Then I said, "No, you used to have a JP at your company." The rep then replied, "JP? Oh my God, how are you? How's Sharkey??? When did you leave?" We had a good laugh at that point. But I did have to call the mega-company back to apologize for the awkward situation and explain how I used to work for the other company. It just shows what a small world it is.

UPDATE...

My last post was about everything I've been dealing with lately. Since I put that post up a few things happened. My one friend found a new job and that position gives him equivalent pay to what he had, but more opportunity and a higher position than what he had before. My other friend who received the cancer diagnosis had a successful surgical procedure and is on the mend. With those two things resolved I can deal with the rest and it is time to pull a Maggie...